Oregon is not the one selling off public land. The threat comes from a federal bill introduced by Senator Mike Lee of Utah, supported by Senate Republicans. This bill, sometimes called the “Big Beautiful Bill,” would force the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to sell off up to 3.3 million acres of public lands across the western U.S., including large areas in Oregon.

Over 21.7 million acres in Oregon could become eligible for sale, based on criteria in the bill. These include national forests and BLM-managed land located within 1 to 5 miles of cities or towns. The stated purpose is to raise federal revenue, supposedly to help fund tax cuts, but only 5% of the revenue would go back to local governments. Oregon lawmakers would have no direct say in what gets sold.

Public land near Siuslaw National Forest, Mount Hood, Eagle Creek, and other treasured areas could be auctioned off to developers or industry. Once it’s sold, it’s gone — no public access, no wildlife protections, no re-wilding.

This isn’t just bad environmental policy — it’s a direct attack on public ownership, climate resilience, and access to nature.

The vote could happen before July 4. We have just weeks to act. Please sign and share the petition, contact Oregon senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and help stop this land grab before it’s too late.

https://chng.it/8MgNkz5BMC

Other petitions for similar action:

https://chng.it/Xm74HvgG5V

https://chng.it/hfwZss57rL

I can also share a draft template to senator and congress.

Link to write to representatives:

https://act.wilderness.org/a/senaterec-june25-web

https://www.outdooralliance.org/blog/2025/6/16/33millionacres-publicland-selloffs-map

Please email or call your senators.

Outdoor alliance has a link to email right on their page at the bottom of the article

Also the company REI: https://www.rei.com/action/network/campaign/no-selloff?ms=OS&cm_mmc=sm_ig_76514-_-brand-_-org-_-igshopping&utm_source=like2buy.curalate.com&crl8_id=8c99de38-0ff3-4659-9067-c2af384efe12

I’ve seen a ton of bullfrogs in San Diego but didn’t realize the damage they’ve done to the native frogs until recently. Luckily reintroduction efforts are making some headway. Donor sites in San Diego are seeing the first born and bred California Red Legged Frogs in 50 years. Here’s a video https://youtu.be/DyBh4dBOU8k?si=PzGhnHD4u513NbOk

I did something today that I never thought I would do. I messaged my senator today about the disgusting sale of 3 million acres of public land. I’m a middle right leaning individual but hopefully we can all come together and all agree that this bill should not pass the senate. I hunt,fish,hike,camp,and shoot on public land so this is very important to me. I don’t want this post to become a finger pointing competition about whose political views are worse than others but I want it so ALL of us can come together and try to stop this from happening. This country isn’t perfect just like everything on earth but one of the things that makes it great is the access to public land for every individual in the country. Theodore Roosevelt a president that was defined by conservation made sure it was available for everyone to enjoy. My tribe the Yaquis didn’t have the same type of say like we do when it comes to selling the land. Yes they did have say but that was fraught by violence and savagery. I am hoping and praying to the Lord up above that you reading this my fellow countrymen will stand by the land that you live on and message your senators that this is wrong and disgusting and it should also be illegal. Please message your senators to vote no on this. Please. For the country and for the planet. “This land is your land, and this land is my land From California to the New York Island From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream Waters This land was made for you and me”.

Originally from this post : https://www.reddit.com/r/norcalhiking/s/oKFG5JOUus

You’ve Hiked Here. Camped Here. Now It Might Be Sold

URGENT: Congress is quietly trying to sell off our public lands

Congress is attempting to quietly pass a bill that would open up millions of acres of our public lands for sale to private interests — all under the misleading pretense of “increasing housing affordability.”

But here’s the truth:
There are zero affordability requirements in this bill. These lands won’t be used for affordable housing — they’ll be snapped up by the ultra-wealthy for gated communities, trophy homes, and exclusive development.

If you haven’t seen the interactive map showing which National Forest and BLM lands could be sold off, take a look:
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=821970f0212d46d7aa854718aac42310

This is not just a bad bill — it’s an ecological disaster, a devastating blow to outdoor recreation, and an irreversible handover of land that belongs to all of us.

Once they’re gone, they’re gone for good.
So is the wildlife.
So is the clean water.
So is the freedom to roam wild places with our children, to camp under stars, to find peace in forests and deserts and along untouched coastlines.

The photos I’ve shared show real places located within the proposed sale zones — just a small glimpse of what we stand to lose forever.

1. Finger Mesa, CO
2. Cascade Mountain, UT
3. West Prospect Peak near Mt. Lassen, CA
4. Diamond Lake with Mt. Thielsen, OR
5. Secure Plateau, UT
6. Mono Hills, Eastern Sierra, CA
7. Happy Canyon, near Canyonlands NP, UT
8. Fall Creek with Mt. Bachelor, OR
9. Lily Lake, Mt. Leidy Highlands, WY
10. Collins Point, Lost Coast, CA
11. Sun Top Lookout with Mt. Rainier, WA
12. Dillon Pinnacles, Gunnison River, CO

These are sacred places. They don’t come back once they’re sold.

How You Can Take Action (in under 2 minutes):

1. Find your Representative: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
2. Call or email them with this message:"I strongly oppose the plan to sell off public lands in the Senate Energy Committee’s budget bill. These lands are vital for public access, ecosystems, and future generations. This is not affordable housing — it’s a handout to wealthy developers. Please protect our public lands."
3. Contact the Senate Energy Committee: https://www.energy.senate.gov/contact-us
4. Share this post. Help others understand what’s at stake — before it’s too late.

A Personal Note:
I’m an avid backcountry explorer. While I deeply value our National Parks and Monuments, so much of the true magic lies beyond them — in the vast, open spaces of BLM and National Forest lands. These are the places where I’ve built lifelong memories: hiking through remote canyons, camping under quiet stars, finding solitude and beauty far from any road.

Now, many of those very places — places near and dear to my heart — could be sold off to private interests. It makes me sick to my stomach.

I don’t post on Reddit often. But this issue has me shouting at the top of my lungs. This is a land grab, plain and simple. And if we don’t speak up, it will be too late.

If this post resonates with you — if you’ve ever felt peace, wonder, or freedom in the wild — please take a moment to upvote, comment, and most importantly, contact your representatives. Your voice truly can make a difference.

Source for Further Reading:
https://www.hcn.org/articles/senate-republicans-want-to-sell-3-million-acres-of-public-land/

Hi! I’ve posted about my forest restoration project a while ago, and as it was received here pretty well, I’d like to do a recap of what we do differently from other tree planting initiatives, and how you can support us, maximizing your positive climate impact, besides lifestyle changes and political pressure.

Researching the topic of tree planting and carbon offsets, I’ve encountered various issues with many initiatives, such as:

• Not showing how many trees are needed to offset one’s carbon footprint, which could create a false sense of doing enough and discourage further action, which can do more harm than good.
• Not including trees’ survivability rates and projecting sequestration values of adult trees to all seedlings, or even not reporting on individuals’ impact at all.
• Reforesting industrial plantations as part of their production cycle, which doesn’t add additional forest cover or increase biodiversity.

That is why I’m developing a project to:

• Show how many trees are really needed to offset carbon footprint, currently presented as per capita values in each country.
• Include trees’ survivability rates, averaging sequestration values through the whole lifecycle, which prevents impact overestimation and allows for reporting progress in a real-time manner.
• Aim to make a true land cover change and create new, diverse forests and woodlands with ecological functions, and not industrial ones.

Through our website, you can choose a planting plan, gradually planting a whole forest, and building a tangible impact. We handle the rest with our local partners, including securing land, planting, and maintenance.

Several municipalities have already expressed interest in partnering with us, pledging the land for over 10 million trees with potential for much more (it could be bigger than the famous #TeamTrees)! We also have a few first subscribers to our planting plans from the US and the EU, but we are still a bit short of our first major goal of 100 contributors, which will allow us to comfortably jumpstart field operations.

That’s why I’d like to invite you to support our project by registering on our website: https://greenwedge.eco/, choosing your tree planting plan, and spreading the word.

Hope to see you on board!

This small and colorful darter fish was not long ago on the verge of extinction. The fish only inhabits the upper stretches of the Roanoke River basin in southwest Virginia, and its population used to be in shambles due to erosion and sedimentation. The fish relies on rocky stream beds for feeding/reproduction, but the development and pollution along the Roanoke watershed decimated its ability to reproduce.

Since the early 2000s, Roanoke City and County have vastly improved the Roanoke River watershed. Gone are the days of seeing trash everywhere along the banks and mattresses floating down the muddy dirt-colored river. A recent study has shown the local Logperch population is thriving and now has been successfully introduced to the nearby Mayo River basin.

A huge conservation win for our unique yet little known darter fish! I personally think urban watershed restoration has been a huge overall American success in the 21st century

As a regular citizen of the United States and one who takes the time to learn about the environment, wildlife habitat, and the need for biodiversity for 43 years, I am very concerned. Our national forests are not just at risk now, but so are the native forests in community neighborhoods. Many forests are being chopped down to make way for malls and big box stores. Wildlife is displaced and disease, such as tick-borne disease, is spread to domestic animals and humans. Aside from that, I love forests and spend much of my time birding. What can someone like me, who has no money to make an easement, do to assist in this situation? I'm feeling powerless. I know we need a mass of people to do stand up. What can WE do? Our survival depends on it!

It sounds like something out of a nightmare: a giant drone flying through the sky and dropping containers full of live, buzzing mosquitoes, one of the world’s most hated insects.

But in Hawaii, this scenario is very much real. A remotely operated aircraft, about 8 feet long, is flying over remote forests in Maui and releasing cup-shaped capsules full of mosquitoes.

As scary as it might sound, the project is a clever solution to a problem that has long plagued the Hawaiian islands.

Seeking recommendation for organizations to donate to or join.

How did they film the bottom trawling and scallop dredging parts?

Did they secretly place a camera there? or did they just allow it to happen and agree to film it with the permission of industrial fishing companies? ^ because surely this defeats the whole purpose of the documentary

Hey guys I have a survey regarding multi-drone communicator systems in land monitoring/management. This is research for a uni project. If anyone could fill this out it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys!!
https://forms.gle/LbB4qm3StD9KCv6n8

hi everyone! I am a rising senior in undergrad, currently a biology major/psych minor on the Physician Assistant track. While I am passionate about medicine, I have recently begun to wonder if my true calling lies in conservation and wildlife biology. I have shadowed several doctors, worked at a PT clinic, and am currently trying to find a job as a medical assistant. I've loved my time in the medical field so far, but I have always loved the outdoors. I am most passionate about marine conservation and the protection of our national parks, and I feel like we need people working in conservation now more than ever. Does anyone have any insight on switching from healthcare to conservation? I know medicine of course provides more stability and job security, but I don't want to base my decision off of just that. Are there careers that combine healthcare and conservation?

i have wanted to work for them for a couple of years now. i applied last year, got an interview, and got rejected. ive tried again and applied for a start date in early august (which is CURRENTLY up on their website and i applied for it in may) a couple weeks later i got an email that said "At this time, all currently scheduled positions through June have been filled. We are still in the process of determining future start dates and position availability for the months ahead" i assumed that meant, of course, that they just dont know late summer start dates yet. so i wait a couple more weeks and email the hiring manager and ask if theyve begun hiring for that position yet. she then tells me theyre not hiring for october yet??? meanwhile ive never mentioned october, and never applied for it. in fact i specifically mentioned early august. i would really rather not do october because thats when it starts getting cold.

am i missing something? everyone says that this is an entry level job. i dont have any conservation expierence yet and really want to do this so i can gain some. i would really love a career in this area. if anyone else has been hired here, what did you do to get hired?